Investigating the Effectiveness of Positive Psychotherapy on the Quality of Life and Marital Conflicts of Mothers who have Physical-motor handicapped Children (Ages 5 to 12, Tehran)

Abstract

life and the marital conflicts of mothers who have physical-motor handicapped children. In order to achieve this aim, 40 mothers, who have handicapped children and are willing to cooperate, were selected and came to the center of exceptional school of disabled children. They were randomly divided into 2 experimental and control groups (each group 20 participants). The experimental group took participate in optimism training classes for 8 sessions. The control group didn’t receive any personal interventions. In this research, in order to collect data, in two phases of pre-test and post-test, WHO 26-item questionnaires in the field of marital conflicts and quality of life were used. The results of covariance analysis test showed the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on mental health, social relationships, cooperation, emotional reactions and the attraction of children's support in mothers who have physical-motor handicapped children. In the overall, the results of the present research showed that the mothers who didn’t receive this treatment, have better quality of life and less marital conflicts.